Powder puff and method of making same



Nov. 11, 1930. 1... RAYNOR ,7 ,410

POWDER PUFF AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed May 14, 1929 a if INVENTOR grwwe 454 ATTORNEY S Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'LOUIS L. RAYNOR, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK ASSIGNOR TO THE HYGIENOL CO.

INC., 0F NEXV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK POWDER PUFF AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Application filed May 14, 1929. Serial No. 363,029.

My invention relates to a new and improved powder pufi and method of making the same.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a powder puff having a loop which is securely connected thereto.

Another object of my invention is to provide a powder puff having a loop provided with an enlarged and stifiened head so that this head of the loop can be retained by the stitches which connect the two halves of the pufls to each other. It is to be understood that my invention is not to be restricted to the specific type of pull disclosed as it may also be appliedto the flat type of puff which only has a single pile surface.

Another object of my invention is to provide a new and improved method of making the loops of powder pulls so that they can be securely connected to the pull.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof it being. understood that the above general statement of the objects of my invention is intended to generally explain the same and not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing how the improved loop is constructed.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a single loop. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a puff to which the 7 improved loop is applied.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the puff shown in Fig. 3.

Powder puffs of the type illustrated are generally made by sewing two pieces or disks 01" pile material to each other, while the pile "faces of said disks are adjacent each other.

These disks are not completely sewed to each other sothat they forina little bag or pocket which is turned inside out so that the pile surfaces of the disks are on the outside of the article. The article is then finished by hand. It has been customary toprovide loops connected to powder putts of the type illustrated herein, and to also provide loops for the fiat pads which are well known to the trade. One

of the disadvantages of theseloops was that they easily pulled out of the puli andthis has been a source of considerable annoyance.

A succession of loops L of any desired number can be readily formed, as shown in Fig. 1. The connected material shown in Fig. l is then cut to produce separate loop members L. Each of these loops L has a base portion which is stiil'ened by the stitches S and this base portion is wider than the narrow inner end of the loop. It is much more desirable to form the loop in this manner than to more ly form a knot in the inner end of the loop because the stiffened and enlarged inner end of the loop enables it to be reliably held in position. lVhen the two pieces of pile fabric are connected by stitches S said stitches S may either pass through the base portion of the loop or over the base portion of the loop at about the point indicated as S in Fig. 2.

The stitches S are sufficiently close and tight to pass over and through the relatively narrow part S of the loop. The loop is therefore firmly held in position by means of the enlarged stiffened head thereof that the loop can not be removed without rupturing the stitches S. As shown in Fig. 3, the stifliened inner end of the loop L is between the central part of the pull and the retaining stitches S. That is, the stiffened inner end of the loop is located inwardly with respect to the retaining stitches S. It will be noted that the loop has a closed base which is 1 enlarged and still'ened by means of the additional layers of material, said additional layers being; in substantially the same plane as the loop.

Ihave shown a preferred embodiment of my invention but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim: i

1. A powder pull having a loop connect ed thereto by means of retaining stitches, said loop having an enlarged inner end comprising additionallayers of the loop material which are connected to the body of the loop by stitches, said enlarged inner end he ing inwardly located With respect to the taining stitches.

2. A powder puff having a loop connected thereto by means of stitches, the inner end of said loop being substantially closed, the material of said loop at said closed inner end having additional material connected therea 5 to to form an enlarged inner end of said loop, said additional layers of material being integialfwith the loop and being in suhstantieily' the same plane as the material of said loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Lewis L; RAYNOR. 

